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Even though I was an extremely finicky eater growing up, my palate has broadened quite a bit since moving to Japan. In the years I've spent living in Tokyo and Yokohama, I've become convinced that cooking a cut of tuna is the quickest way to ruin ...

Written by: William on August 1, 2014 at 4:02 pm | In CULTURE | No Comments Japan has been reeling the last few days in the wake of the Sasebo schoolgirl murder in which 15-year-old Aiwa Matsuo was killed by an unnamed classmate, possibly helped b...

Fate/hollow ataraxia, the visual novel sequel set half a year after Fate/stay night, is set for release on PS Vita in a port featuring touch-screen support, full voice acting, a new ufotable opening, theme by Aimer and mini-games including the new...

Hello everyone, Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) I have a strange urge to build a secret base out of cardboard boxes… then I will hide inside away from the world for the rest of today! ╭( ・ㅂ・)و ̑̑ Anyway, today I'm going to be taking a look at… Nendor...

Longer trailer for December 6 film premieres in movie theaters on Friday The first trailer for The Last -Naruto the Movie- aired on Thursday after the broadcast of Naruto Shippūden in Japan: Narrator: It finally comes to an end!

Game to ship in N. America on November 11, Europe & Australia this fall Bandai Namco Games announced the Digimon All-Star Rumble game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on Thursday. Prope (Digimon Adventure for PSP) is developing the party-arena multi...

First off, apologies for being so late with my posts. I'm starting college life in August, and I've been swamped with module choices, timetable scheduling, freshmen orientation and the like, and ended up having like 6247652841 episodes to catch up...

A teaser website for an original anime series titled Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru (Yūna Yūki is a Hero) opened on Thursday introducing the anime's main staff. The series will air on MBS' "Animeism" block in starting in October.

Normal video region locking applies With Funimation Entertainment set to soon release A Certain Magical Index II, Part 1 in North America, the publisher has announced who will be voicing the newly introduced characters in the series.

Dragon Ball Z Battle Of The Gods We're getting excited to hit up our local showing of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods next week and FUNimation is adding a bit more to that with the debut of a new dub clip for it.

It's been a while since I posted as I'm out of town last weekend. And obviously, I have to catch up with the episodes. For Tokyo Ghoul, it seems that the pacing is starting to slow down in a sense that Kaneki-kun is starting to accept his fate of ...

I used to think it was kind of strange how every summer so many women in Japan carry parasols, as though the whole country suddenly slipped back in time to the 19th century. I soon came to understand that this isn't due to any sort of classic imag...

Impression I think I'm slowly warming to Yanagi. At least, I'm liking her better than I did at the start of the series. She's got more guts than I thought she had – and she can deliver some surprisingly coquettish lines to boot: "You guys should g...

Internationally renowned rock icons X Japan announced today that tickets for their highly anticipated October 11th at Madison Square Garden will go on sale this Friday at 10:00AM EDT at http://www. ticketmaster.

New images of Kamen Rider Drive's Trideron has surfaced Twitter yesterday. These images were taken by the user who happens to live by near where the shooting of the series takes place. What's interesting about these new images is that it gives us ...

Bandai Namco has posted a fourth, Kanon Chiyoda and Mikihiko Yoshida focused TV commercial for the PS Vita game The Irregular at Magic High School: Out of Order. The ¥9,980 ($98) limited edition version comes with downloadable outfits, a Blu-ray...

A Nintendo Direct presentation for Hyrule Warriors will be aired in North America and Europe early next week, Nintendo have announced. Stream timings and links for the presentation can be found below: North American stream – August 4th, 8:00 pm ...

The official site and Twitter account for the Psycho-Pass anime project today announced that the broadcast of the 4th chapter of the on-going "New Edit Version" of the first TV anime, which was originally scheduled for tonight on July 31, is cance...

'Soul ReViver' Manga Goes Hollywood Posted by Chris Beveridge July 31, 2014 at 10:40 PM Based on the 2011 manga that's still ongoing by Tohru Fujisawa and Manabu Akishige and serialize din Heros magazine, Soul ReViver has been optioned for a Holly...

A lot of new information and images has just launched for the upcoming anime adaptation of Iwaki Hitoshi's 1990 manga Parasyte (Kisejuu). Mantan Web has revealed the cast, the production crew, a new visual and many character designs of the Fall/Au...

Hanayamata will be arriving as a PS Vita game November 13th, a visual novel including CG that the artwork of which is not only vastly superior to the TV series – but stunning in itself, mainly those with kinpatsu.

October's 27th edition of Tokyo International Film Festival announced plans to present &ldquo;The World of Hideaki Anno," the first-ever major screening showcase of the Evangelion creator's works. A complete list of 50 of Anno&rsquo;s work from st...

The official Toei YouTube channel posted the promo for the Ressha Sentai ToQGer DVD special. The promo revealed that Ticket will once again transform into ToQ-6! In the new special, Akira woke up and was surprised that Ticket is stuck in his hand!

The official Toei YouTube channel posted two trailers for the In The Hero film, which stars Toshiaki Karasawa (20th Century Boys) and Souta Fukushi (Kamen Rider Fourze). The film is about the life of suit actor Wataru Honjou (Karasawa), the presid...

For many years, Japanese government and anime/manga publisher had proposal and passed some minor law, in order to stop piracy. However, those attempt have little or no effect at all. But now, the Japanese government is serious and they are doing e...

Character designs have accompanied the confirmation that the visual novel cast will be back for the anime adaptation of Grisaia no Kajitsu ~Le Fruit de La Grisaia, the story of the first male student inducted into Mihama Academy, a closed off scho...

Mera Mera no Mi Life-Sized Replica from One Piece Bandai Shokugan have revealed a life-sized replica of the Mera Mera no Mi (Flame-Flame Fruit) from the One Piece anime/manga series. The Logia-type Devil Fruit was eaten by Portgas D.